Where does “lirli” come from?

lirli (Esperanto) comes from Finnish liristä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

lirli (Esperanto): To purl, gurgle

Definitions

  1. To purl, gurgle

Ancestry of “lirli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishliristäTo purl, gurgle
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Finnish -ista →Every word from Finnish liristä →